Cornelius Edward Gallagher

Cornelius Edward Gallagher (2 March 1921-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NJ 13) from 3 January 1959 to 3 January 1973 (succeeding Alfred Dennis Sieminski and preceding Joseph J. Maraziti).

Biography
Cornelius Edward Gallagher was born in Bayonne, New Jersey in 1921, and he became a lawyer in 1949. He served as a US Army captain during World War II and the Korean War, and he became a director of the Broadway National Bank before being elected to the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 1953. In 1956, he was appointed commissioner of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and he went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1959 to 1973. He criticized FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's controversial surveillance tactics, but he was forced to leave office after being convicted of tax evasion and perjury.